Luke of Stick World illustrates it for us:
Okay, that’s probably why you and I prefer sending a quick text over making a call.
Why teens prefer sending text messages over talking on the phone.
Category Archives: Humor
West Coast Bias: getting beyond ourselves
The world of useless stereotypes:
The first thing I noticed is that us on the West Coast of the United States didn’t get as much space as the East. It’s my bias that leads me to stereotype others, even if there is a kernel of truth in my conceptions of them.
Source: Christoph Niemann on Abstract Sunday (NY Times blog)
When you need help with your bracket. #MarchMadness
Today begins the Round of 64, the real beginning of the NCAA men’s basketball Tournament. Productivity will be on the decline in offices all across the land.
Need some help with your backet? Try this:
- “The Odds of March,” by Christoph Niemann on Abstract Sunday, NY Times
Eat some Pi.
Happy Pi day to everyone.
My Momma makes the best apple pie, where does the famous “3.141592” come from?
When you feel like you’re just a slinky on a treadmill.
Some of my earliest memories are the fun we had playing with slinkies on the wooden stairs at grandma’s house.
Do you feel like you’re kinda like this slinky?:
That slinky is taking it easy. Let’s call it a Friday Slinky.
Now these slinkies are more like what we’ve been doing all week:
How will you rest and renew this weekend? (And not just “relax,” which is essentially just not working.) How will you rest — pause, reflect, replenish — and renew — transform your mind, become energized, get ready for whatever comes next?
When you have nomophobia.
Do you have Nomophobia? It’s the fear of being without your phone. Consider this rising epidemic:
Nomophobia — the fear of being without your cellphone — is on the rise, according to a new report sponsored by SecurEnvoy, a company that specializes in digital passwords.
[HT: Trevin Wax]
Photo credit: “Swimming in the iPool” by JD Hancock
The Three Little Pigs. Say what?
Shakespeare had a working vocabulary of 54,000 words.
We Americans today have about 3,000 words in our regular vocabulary.
No wonder we struggle to make sense of the “classics.”
What if Shakespeare wrote “The Three Little Pigs”? John Branyan illustrates:
Ads: tempting our minds.
This Sunday you may be watching a Big Game … or waiting to watch the commercials between plays. Super Bowl ads have become a cultural icon for our nation, with ad agencies seeking to make us laugh … and tempt our subconscious to remember them.
Here’s a fascinating video of a 5-year-old girl’s reaction to some of the major “brands” from corporate America. Graphic and identity designer Adam Ladd interviews his daughter on brand recognition for a weekend project. Watch:
Our son easily recognizes Target, for whenever mom is out of town I somehow automatically go there and buy him something.
Shortcuts to getting into college.
Some college admissions departments are now asking prospective students to provide 25-word, Tweet-worthy college essays.
I remember having the option to write my entrance essay on a “word processor” and save it to a 3.5″ floppy disk and mail it back to the admissions office. It was that or a hand-written version.
Wut do ya think — are these questions too silly?
http://www.hulu.com/embed/olBoxB4Jj2y0Spu2nZTjiA
“I’m At Ur Admissions Site, Writin’ My College Essay”
The four stages of “getting” Twitter.
When books tell scary stories.
Smartphone.
